Chelsea Girl

Last Sunday, in Barcelona we had the visit of the summer! I woke up with the most bright sunshine and a compelling urge to go outside (like a brown bear after a long period of hibernation). The truth is that the need of going outside doesn't last long on me (I'm like a marmot and the sofa has an amazing power over me). So I walked by the couch with covered eyes and went outside!El domingo pasado, en Barcelona tuvimos la visita del verano! Me desperté con un sol radiante y unas ganas imperiosas de salir a la calle (cual oso pardo tras un largo periodo de hibernación). La verdad es que las ganas de salir no me suelen durar mucho (soy bastante marmota y el sofá tiene un poder alucinante sobre mi). Así que, pasé por delante del sofá con los ojos tapados y salí a la calle!

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First the classic Sunday breakfast: croissant and coffee with milk (in fact, one of these days I will post about the best places in Barcelona for having breakfast!) And then went for a walk around the Arc de Triumph.Primero el clásico desayuno dominguero de croissant y café (de hecho, un día de estos haré un post exclusivo sobre los mejores sitios de Barcelona para desayunar!) y después nos fuimos a dar una vuelta por el Arco del Triumfo.

__I love walking aimlessly, because that's when you discover places you didn't know before, places like the Park of the North Station of Barcelona! It seems incredible, that after so many years here, there remain still some unfamiliar areas downtown.Me
encanta caminar sin rumbo, porque es entonces cuando descubres lugares que no
conocías, como el parque de la estación del norte de Barcelona! Parece mentira
que después de tantos años en esta ciudad aun queden zonas del centro que no
conozca.

The funny thing about the whole story is that, a couple of days ago, we were talking at work about Land-Art, an art movement in which landscape and the work of art are inextricably linked, and I hadn't seen anything like that (or at least consciously) until today!Lo más
curioso es que hace unos días, estuvimos hablando en el trabajo sobre el
Land-Art, una corriente del arte contemporáneo, que utiliza el
entorno y los materiales de la calle para crear, y nunca había visto (por lo menos conscientemente) una obra de este tipo. Hasta hoy!

The North Station Park can be considered the only example of land-art built in Barcelona . This current emerged in the late 1960s in the United States and Europe, and sought to move the artwork to natural spaces. Sculptures are not placed in the landscape, rather, the landscape is the means of their creation. In this park the land-art is represented by pottery on the landscape, with two sculptures of Beverly Peppers: Cel caigut (fallen sky) and Spiral arbrada (wooded spiral).